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PAGE 2, THE HERAUOD, Tuesday, April 31, 1978

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Highlights of the 1976-79

British Columbia budget

introduced Monday:
Provincial sales tax is

from seven per cent,
effective midnight
‘Monday, with the
‘exeption of liquor and
wine purchases,

* Liquor and wine prices
to be increased to raise
$20 million more in
revere.

|. Cigarette tax doubled
‘to 24-cents ona pack of 25

ena

Roya

reduced to five per cent.

files Rises dea
| Winnipeg Ballet

p Arnold Sphor-Ardstc Director
4 pictured: Marina Eglevsky

Budget Highlights

ate billion éach. ©

cigarettes, effective
midnight Monday, with
proportional increases on
tobacco and cigars.
Provincial budget is
balanced — at

$4.28

“special projects to crea

10,000 new jobs. ~ 7
Special taxnrelief

pro osed for small
usiness.

Pari-mutuel tax is

billion,nan increase of 9.8 reduced one half of one

per cent compared with
t year

A surplus of $76.1
million from the 1976-77
budget will be used in 11

per cent to 7 1-2 per cent
to encourage develop-
ment of the _ horse-
breeding industry. :

More than half of the

’ Principal Dancer
Photo by Peter Garrick .

health and - education

municipal proper

budget. allocated. to the
ministries, more ‘than’ $1

Province . to — pay:
municipalities . grants
equivalent to full general
taxes.
on government buildings.

Home-owner grants to
senior citizens to be in-

creased to $480 from $439.
Increased premium

assistance for £10,000 low-|

income residents throu

: gh
the medical plan. '

oe

: In Terrace ‘for the
ond time in 3 years the
Royal Winnipeg. Ballet
will be playing two days,
.May 5 and 6, at the REM
Lee Theatre. ~

: Friday the repertorie ;

‘will. consist’ of a
melodramatic didac-
ticism, roming un-

’ predictability, and a love
duet. An adjunct to the
first three, “Glinka pas

oak

Gyles.

migration target levels,
restrict . illegal
migration, keep -sus*
ted criminals out and

et more refugees. in. n
As of Monday the 1952
Immigration Act
taining what Parliament
saw as outdated prin-
ciples, is out of use. And
officials haye a fresh set

of regulations which tie -
‘selection —

immigrant
criteria closer to. labor.
and population demands.

The new law was two
ears in the making,

sed primarily on a
report by a special -all-°
party parliamentary -
committee which heard
opinions on immigration
from Canadians ‘across
the country,
Parliament passed the
new act last summer and

last month the govern-. |

ment announced the
cabinet-approved

regulations which govern
the day-to-day im-
lementation of the law
yY immigration officers

at Canadian airports and -

border points and visa
offices around the world, .
In a speech on the eve’
of the new. act officially
becoming law, Im-
migration Minister Bud
Cullen stressed new.
provisions permitting’
groups of at least five
persons to: sponsor
refugees by providing
settlement - services

beyond these’ normally

provided by govern-.
ments. 7

ECONOMIC HARDSHIP

Cullen said refugees
must be victims of social
upheavals, national
disasters ,or persecution

to qualify or entry...
ar

Economic hardship is not.
grounds enough. _
“We cannot open our
borders’ to all economic
refugees, such as citizens

of third world countries, .

and we'can't do anybody
a favor if we bring people
to Canada who will not be
able to establish them-
selves,” Cullgn said. —
Central to the new. act
is an increased role for
provincial ‘ governments
which get a say in im-

- . ‘

dé Trois” is a traditional
ballet.

Saturday programme
breaks away from the
Aauitonal and forms a

energy to reach a climax
at Festival, a new show
for the Ballet in '78.
‘Festival’ holds jazz
and action forthe more
exuberant audience, A

a greater
priorities
vand  requirin
sultation’ on. policy. In
Quebec’s case,.. the
provincial government
ot the tight to’ select
mmigrants plannin

. settle within its borders.

The new. law , rovides

con-.

eqtience of progressive

.: they . meet-

to.

repeat of twb  per-
formances from Friday
as well as two works on
their own will fill the
Saturday bill.

‘Tickets are on sale for
the rare performance of
the Ballet. You may pick

" tickets up at REM- Lee

Theatre 10 and 12 am or
by writing the Terrace
District Arts Council care

Canadians and landed.

immigrants as long as °
basic stan- -]
dards of good health and, ‘].-- .

character. Other. im-'
migrants, including
distant relatives and
those without any ties
here; are - selected
through. a_point system .
assessing their abi

settle successfully. -

SHIFTS EMPHASIS. _
The new criteria shift

emphasis front-equcation ~} -

to-job training and, ex- -
perience, The pros-
pective immigrant also is
Judged on age, character,

' Ballet tickets still availabl

More refugees in...

ity to

’

ability, to worknand to -

secure job and to speak -

almost automatic entry French or English. —

New first home ©
program |.

The’ provincial govern-
tment will seon introduce
a new program to en-

courage British Columbia

residents to buy their own

first homes, Premier Bill

‘Bennett said Saturday.
Bennett said the

‘ogram, to be presented

n- the current legislative

session, will enable

prospective homeowners

jurcmase a first home .

_ with financial help from
the government.
The premier told about
250 de
Credit regional con-
vention the government
also plans to increase the
number of vocational
_ training schools in B.C.
Bennett said the
\government will try to
meet *a convention
resolution calling for the
. establishment of a major
vocational school to be
located’ in the Surrey
area,
He said the’ resolution

legates to a Social .

‘was one of a number.

passed at the Fraser |

Valley Socred convention
that the government

_would feel comfortable -

about trying to im-

lement in the leg-,

falature.
Bennett also mention

a ‘resolution calling for.

Increased planting of
forest lands to ensure tha
availability of forest

‘to ensure that B.C,’s

forest industry remains

-healthy in the future, he

said,

-The resolutions from

the regional convention

will be forwarded for .

discussion at the annual
rty convention In Octo-

products in the future:
The government inténds

Deaths ©

Bronxville, N.¥.—Ford
C. Frick, 83, com-
missioner of baseball
from 1971 to 1975, Sat

-urday, of a stroke-related -

illness, Le
-Guatemala  City—-
Clemente Marroquin
Rojas, 81, former vice-
president. of Guatemala
and publisher of thé
newspaper La ‘Hora,
Saturday, after a long
illness. .

Berkeley, Calif.—
Robert Aaron Gordon, 69,
noted* authority | on
business’ cycles and
former White House,
economic adviser,
Friday, of a heart attack:

REMOVE «MILDEW
STAINS +.

*- Remove mildew stains. by

saturating with coal oil
rolling- clothes up and
“leaving for 24 hours, °

of box 35 Terrace “BC,
V9G-4A2, . . '
- There will. be one
matinee performances on
Saturday. Tickets for the
afternoon performances
are $4, Ad
attend the evening
performances, tickets
are $3 each, ;
The evening show
starts at 8:50 and runs
about 214 hours. ,

- of the calves’ births.

Ee.

ts;wishing to

” Cariboo killed |

_ by bear, wolves

(CP) -- A University of
Victoria professor says
there are. fewer than
13,000 caribou left in
British Columbia. ,
Dr. Tom: Bergerud,
quoting results ofna one-
ear study which was to
he presented today to'the
provincial 1
wildlife ‘branch, said

| _ Friday that he believes.
_ bears and wolves are

killing most ‘of the
earibou calves in nor-
thern B.C, within a month,

“I think thete are’ no
huntable caribou in the
province and Iam quite’
essimistic about their
uture,". he told a con-
vention ‘of the Western

. Guidés and Outfitters

Association. =| ;
Meanwhile, the fish and

. wildlife branch has asked.
. permission to -shoot

wolves from aircraft to
asaist'a study of caribou
in the Horseranch Range,
about 400 miles northwest
of this central British
Columbia | community.

Bergerud said there
were between 20,00 and

' 9,000 caribou in B.C. as
recently as 1970, but now,”

there are only 10,500 ‘to

- 13,000... :
Overhunting, as well as
_ predators,. has

con-
tributed to the decline, he
said, explaining that-the
mortality rate of 10 ‘per
cent and the calf-survival
rate of 10 per cent leaves
no room for hunting the
anemals. WOLVES

BLAMED -_-:'~—:
The survival rate, he’
said, ‘is even jJower in
northern B.C. where
there are more . preda-
tors. - | |
_ The effect of predators
is to be studied in the fish
and wildlite branch's:
study.
Pon Eastman,’ in
charge. of ‘wildlife
research for the branch,

fish and

- Quebec

said shooting from air-
craft and polsonings will

*be used to reduce wolf

pulations in one area
while the wolves will be
left alone in another. The

shooting, if, approved, |

would be done durin
calying season, he said.
_ He said J
-wildlife from ,aireraft is.
illegal in B.C., and. the
branch needs approval
from Recreation Minister
Sam Bawif. ty

blackout

shooting ©

all

Most “of. Québec was -

without electricity before
noon today after a major.
failure hit the provinces
main power lines.

- A Hydro-Quebec

spokesman‘ said the
failure, the fifth major
blackout in three years,
was caused by. “‘in-
stability on the line’ and
not: linked to any par-
ficular station,

i-No further details
about the cause of the
failure were available,
the spokesman said, add-
ing power was being
restored progressively to
parts of Montreal and
Quebec City, using the
generating capacity of
the nearby stations. .

Traffic lights in
Montreal were still not
functioning, . hampering
both motorists and pe-
destrians.

. A city official said the
subway had been closed.
Noone was trapped in the
underground transit
system hecause an
emergencx power supp!
bled trains to, Teach

e.next station.

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LV ASHINGTON (AP) —

The. Carter
ministration
Congress Thur.

asked

sday to lift

the U.S. weapons em-
bargo on Turkey so that
country can’ remain

active in its

NATO

- US, arms in

nee role, Congress
aeteended ‘arms sales to
Turkey in 1975, par y
i key for usin
punish Tur ‘an iB i
rus, T an
ye ay predominantly
Greek-ethnic population,
and Greece opposes the

embargo being lifted.

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